MOST TEACHERS DEVOTED HONEST AND CAPABLE AND DO IMPOSSIBLE
TASKS AT LOW PAY

A Post Article downplays large scale of Predators: the
headline says "Despite states' efforts, measures to protect
students from predators sometimes fail" but the major media ignores
the words "adult homosexual predator" and contributes to the
problem.

From a companion piece to the Kevin Ricks' series (elsewhere on
this public advocate website) with the article exposing Kevin Ricks
as a teacher-predator is a discussion about how school systems
attempt to deal with this region's share of the thousands of
incidents of abuse of students in the United States (according to a
study 2001-2005, there were 2500 such incidents during that period
nationwide)

Congress should mandate a current (2005 to 2010) study on adult
homosexuals abusing young teen boys. But not with Speaker Pelosi in
charge. And just why do liberal school boards in the Washington DC
region not post "sexual misconduct tallies"? (answer: Unions).

This seems to be a headline but is buried in the article:

"In 2004, a congressionally mandated study estimated
that one in 10 students from kindergarten through 12th grade were
victims of some form of sexual misconduct by a school employee --
from being told a dirty joke or shown pornography to being
inappropriately touched or raped.

In 2007, an Associated Press investigation found more than 2,500
teachers nationwide had licenses revoked, suspended or denied from
2001 through 2005 because of sexual misconduct."

The WP article notes that only one jurisdiction in the
Washington area posts "sexual misconduct" tallies or reports on
teachers and that is Prince George's county.

From the article: (Prince George's) Police...investigated 41
allegations of sexual abuse by a teacher or school employee from
2005 to early 2010 and pressed charges in two cases." And last week
a football coach was charged with having sex with 2 students.

LIBERALS CAN IGNORE GIGANTIC PROBLEM EFFORTLESSLY

Yet the articles states "Allegations are hard to prove, experts
say, and most instances of sexual abuse go unnoticed or unreported.
Therefore, criminal background checks offer only a thin layer of
defense. Often, it is up to local school officials to watch for
suspicious behavior."

And once in 28 years the Post writes about it.

And many major publications in the country are -- once in a
lifetime-- carrying the series too.

And once in a lifetime the Washington DC school board cleans out
the deadwood and bad teachers after negotiating raises with most of
the Washington DC teachers.

Some obvious Workplace rules for teachers:

The appearance and policy of protecting teachers over students
must be confronted and solved. Teachers themselves know this is an
urgent challenge for all honest teachers. To prevent abuse of the
system by the predator or by students who make false witness is the
goal.

It is inappropriate for teachers and school employees to have
out of classroom contact with the student.

No gifts for students from teachers to students.

Parents and schools or institutions should not allow sleepovers of
young people with any adults. Ever.

Regarding the exchange students. It is a big issue.

According to one source the pattern of abuse is not an "isolated
incident". For more information visit the website of Committee for
Safety of Foreign Exchange Students at www.csfes.org